National Moon Sighting Committee to meet today

A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held Tuesday (July-18) to fix the date of the holy Ashura, after reviewing reports on the appearance of the moon of the month of Muharram of 1445 Hijri.

The meeting will be held at the Islamic Foundation (IF) Conference Room at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque here at 7pm, reads an IF press release. State Minister for Religious Affairs and National Moon Sighting Committee President M Faridul Huq Khan will chair the meeting.

If the moon of the holy Muharram month is seen anywhere in the sky of the country, the concerned people have been requested to inform dialling the telephone numbers – 02-223381725, 02-41050912, 02-41050916 and 02-41050917 or through the fax numbers – 02-223383397 and 02-9555951 or inform the concerned district administrators or Upazila Nirbahi Officers (UNOs), the release added.

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